posted: Wednesday, 24th June 2020
Inspired by my lovely new garden planters I've gone out and bought more for my garden and over the last couple of days I've been gardening for hours and so my legs & arms are sore & worn-out from lugging heavy bags of earth & big ceramic pots around.
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posted: Tuesday, 23rd June 2020
A busy day finishing filming the Summer 2020 Secret Beadalong today.
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posted: Friday, 19th June 2020
The 6 weeks since this my Peacock Pearl Box was launched as a pattern have flown-by but I'm delighted to say that its sales (and some extra fund-raising on Facebook) have so far raised over £500 which I'm sharing between The Trussell Trust and Refuge both of whom are sadly having to work harder...
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posted: Monday, 15th June 2020
It's been a very tough few days/ weeks/ months for everyone but today Mr Jean Power kindly drove me to an isolated spot, where we knew no-one would be about, and where I could jump in the sea and forget the World for a bit.
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posted: Sunday, 14th June 2020
It's been a while but today I finally got to a garden centre and planted up the stunning yellow planters from Metal Garden Planters.
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posted: Friday, 12th June 2020
When I first saw these beautiful bead embroidered robins from Bumble Bead Crafts I fell instantly in love and knew the perfect recipient.
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posted: Thursday, 11th June 2020
I used to be bead in big & bold colours but then over the past few years (I can directly track this back to Miyuki bringing out their gorgeous Duracoat beads!) I've worked in more muted colours & metallics.
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posted: Saturday, 6th June 2020
I often advise people to make sure they add in a new thread when beginning a new section on their beadwork so that if they have to undo anything they can do that without ruining what has already happened. But I don't always do it myself...
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posted: Tuesday, 2nd June 2020
I've been hugely busy with virtual classes and here is just some of what has been beaded.
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posted: Monday, 1st June 2020
It's time to launch the Summer 2020 Secret Beadalong!
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